Can-opener.



No. 819,455. PATENTED MAY 1, 1906. A. P. READ. I

CAN OPENER. LPPLIGATION FILED JUNE 1, 1905.

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UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

ALONZO 1?. HEAD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CAN-OPENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. May 1, 1906.

Application filed June 1,1905- Serial No. 263,245.

It comprises a handle formed of one piece and a bla e formed of anotherpiece of metal, the two pieces being riveted together to form theimplement.

The device has a double cutting edge and will cut in either direction,and it may be stamped out of sheet metal at small cost.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a face view of the device.Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is a back view. Figs. 4 and 5 are planviews of the blanks of which the blade and the handle are formed. Figs.6, 7, and 8 are respectively front, side, and back views of amodification.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the handle is indicated at 6,made of a strip of metal of sufficient width and thickness to give thenecessary rigidity. These dimensions need not be great, because thestrip is doubled to produce rigidity. The strip is folded or looped, asshown in Figs. 1 and 3,

and the ends terminate in prongs 7, which are slightly flared, as shownin Fig. 3, to give a good grip on the edge of the can, which edge fitsin a recess 8 between the prongs and the blade. At the back of the prongis a seat 9, to which the blade 10 is fixed by rivetinglugs 11, whichextend through holes 12, formed in the shank of the blade. Behind theseat the ends of the handle are notched, as at 13, to receive theinturned flange 14 at the heel of the blade. The flange is also notched,

- as at 15, to receive the handle-strip, the parts being halved overeach other at the notches, so that they are both held against movement,and the lateral strain on the blade during the cutting o eration issupported. The blade is beveled to a point and on both edges, as shownat 16, w1th the cutting edge next to the recess 8.

In usethe point of the blade is punched through the top of the canbeside the edge,

which edge enters into the space 8, and the tool can then be workedaround the said edge to open and remove the top. The prongs 7 confinethe blade to the edge of the top. It will be noticed that the blade iscurved or dished, so that the cutting edge of the blade may be broughtclose to the side wall of the can, which will allow the top of the canto be cut out cleanly close to the side.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 6,7,

and 8 the blade instead of being attached tothe edges of the foldedstrip at the ends thereof is attached to the flat side thereof, one ofthe strips being extended beyond the other, as indicated at 6*, to formthe recess 8 under the blade. The blade and the ends of the stri arefastened together by a rivet 11 and behindthe rivet the flange 14 of theblade projects into notches 13 formed in opposite edges of both ends ofthe strip. This construction is also very stout andrigid, because thestrain comes crosswise on the handle-strip during the cutting operation.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1.- A can opener comprising a handle formed of a folded strip of metal,and a blade which is secured to the ends of the strip and extends in aplane parallel to the length of the handle, the blade having at its rearedge an angular flange, the edges of the ends of the strip and of theflange having notches and being engaged with each other at the notches:

2. A can opener comprising a handle formed of a flattened and foldedstrip of metal the ends of which are notched at the edges and providedwith a longitudinally-extending prong, and a blade which is secured tosaid ends and extends lengthwise beyond the same and opposite to theprong, said blade having an inturned flange which fits in said notches.

3. A can opener comprising a handle formed of a. folded strip of metalthe ends of which are flattened and have notches and rivet-lugs on oneedge thereof and prongs extending longitudinally at the other edge, anda blade consisting of a piece of metal which is seated upon the edge ofsaid ends opposite to the prongs and is secured thereto by riveting nameto this specification in the presence of the lugs and 1has an inturnedflancgle at its intwo subscribing Witnesses. ner en s Wit notches correson in to the notches in the strip, the flange and ends of ALONZO READ 5the strip being engaged together at the Witnesses:

notches. SIGNA FELTSKOG,

In testimony whereof I have signed my H. G. BATOHELOR.

